A graduate of the University of Southern California, Will Ferrell became interested in performing while a student at University High School in Irvine, California, where he made his school's daily morning announcements over the public address system in disguised voices. He started as a member of the Los Angeles comedy/improvisation group The Groundlings, where fellow cast members Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph and former Saturday Night Live repertory players such as Laraine Newman, Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman began their careers. It was there he met Chris Kattan and the two became good friends and both went on to Saturday Night Live later. He has also appeared on several television programs, including Strangers with Candy, Grace Under Fire and Living Single during his time at The Groundlings. Will also lent his voice to the armless and legless dad of cartoon family The Oblongs. In 1995 he became a feature cast member at Saturday Night Live during the show's rapid re-casting. He was declared quite possibly the worst cast member ever during his first season. However, his talents of impersonations and range of characters shot him forward to making him arguably the greatest Saturday Night Live cast member ever. During his seven year run he is one of the few cast members to ever be nominated for an Emmy for a performance and played George W. Bush during the 2000 elections. He's appeared in every Saturday Night Live movie since his premiere on the show in 1995. In 2002 he left Saturday Night Live and was the only cast member to ever receive a farewell from all the current cast members at the end of the season finale show. Since leaving the show Will has pursued a career in films. In 2000 he married and now lives in L.A.
Movie | Larry's Kidney | 2025 | |
Movie | Despicable Me 4 | Maxime Le Mal (voice) | 2024-06-27 |
Movie | Strays | Reggie (voice) | 2023-08-17 |
Movie | Barbie | Mattel CEO | 2023-07-19 |
Movie | Quiz Lady | Terry McTeer | 2023-09-09 |
Movie | A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special | 2023-12-14 | |
Movie | Spirited | Present | 2022-11-10 |
Series | The Shrink Next Door | Marty Markowitz | 2021-11-11 |
Movie | Downhill | Pete Stanton | 2020-02-06 |
Movie | Impractical Jokers: The Movie | Miami Restaurant Guy #4 | 2020-02-21 |
Movie | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Lars Erickssong | 2020-06-26 |
Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
Movie | VOMO: Vote or Miss Out | Self | 2020-09-14 |
Movie | 537 Votes | George W. Bush (archive footage) | 2020-10-21 |
Movie | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | President Business / Dad | 2019-02-06 |
Movie | Drunk Parents | Bum | 2019-02-08 |
Movie | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" | Tom Willis | 2019-05-22 |
Movie | Zeroville | Rondell | 2019-09-19 |
Movie | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Will Ferrell | 2019-09-20 |
Movie | The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish | Cord Hosenbeck | 2018-01-01 |
Movie | The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! | Cord Hosenbeck | 2018-05-19 |
Movie | Holmes & Watson | Sherlock Holmes | 2018-12-25 |
Movie | Daddy's Home 2 | Brad | 2017-11-09 |
Movie | The House | Scott Johansen/The Butcher | 2017-06-29 |
Movie | Zoolander 2 | Jacobim Mugatu | 2016-02-06 |
Movie | A.C. Green: Iron Virgin | Narrator | 2016-05-13 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Himself | 2015-03-23 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self / Alex Trebek / Marty Culp | 2015-02-15 |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber | Ron Burgundy | 2015-03-30 |
Movie | Get Hard | James King | 2015-03-26 |
Movie | A Deadly Adoption | Robert Benson | 2015-06-20 |
Movie | Daddy's Home | Brad Whitaker | 2015-12-25 |
Movie | Ferrell Takes the Field | Himself | 2015-09-12 |
Series | The Spoils Before Dying | Eric Jonrosh | 2015-07-08 |
Series | The Spoils of Babylon | Eric Jonrosh | 2014-01-09 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Himself | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | The Lego Movie | Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs | 2014-02-06 |
Movie | 22 Jump Street | The Man (uncredited) | 2014-06-05 |
Movie | The Internship | Kevin (uncredited) | 2013-06-07 |
Movie | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Ron Burgundy | 2013-12-18 |
Series | Drunk History | Roald Dahl | 2013-07-09 |
Movie | The Campaign | Cam Brady | 2012-08-09 |
Movie | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Damien Weebs | 2012-03-02 |
Series | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Himself | 2012-07-19 |
Movie | Casa de Mi Padre | Armando Alvarez | 2012-03-15 |
Movie | Star Wars Spoofs | Himself | 2011-01-01 |
Movie | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Ad-Rock (B-Boys 2) | 2011-04-22 |
Movie | Megamind: The Button of Doom | Megamind (voice) | 2011-02-25 |
Movie | The Love We Make | Self | 2011-09-10 |
Series | Billy on the Street | Himself | 2011-12-18 |
Movie | Everything Must Go | Nick Halsey | 2011-05-13 |
Series | Funny or Die Presents | Abraham Lincoln | 2010-02-15 |
Movie | The Other Guys | Detective Allen Gamble | 2010-08-06 |
Movie | The Women of SNL | Ted Nettters / Craig Buchanan / Alex Trebek / Various (archive footage) | 2010-11-01 |
Movie | Megamind | Megamind (voice) | 2010-10-28 |
Series | Eastbound & Down | Unknown | 2009-02-15 |
Movie | Bat Fight with Will Ferrell | 2009-02-01 | |
Movie | Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush | George W. Bush | 2009-03-14 |
Movie | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | McDermott (uncredited) | 2009-05-29 |
Movie | Land of the Lost | Dr. Rick Marshall | 2009-06-05 |
Movie | SpongeBob's Truth or Square | Self | 2009-11-06 |
Movie | SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | 2009-12-17 | |
Series | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | Unknown | 2008-01-04 |
Movie | Step Brothers | Brennan Huff | 2008-07-25 |
Movie | Semi-Pro | Jackie Moon | 2008-02-28 |
Series | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Donald Mahanahan | 2007-02-11 |
Series | The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show | Unknown | 2007-01-17 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Blades of Glory | Chazz Michael Michaels | 2007-03-30 |
Movie | The Landlord | Tenant | 2007-04-17 |
Movie | The Procedure | Bob | 2007-08-01 |
Movie | Good Cop, Baby Cop | Angel | 2007-06-30 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies | 2006-05-23 | |
Movie | Curious George | Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice) | 2006-02-10 |
Movie | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Ricky Bobby | 2006-08-04 |
Movie | Winter Passing | Corbit | 2006-02-07 |
Series | The Megan Mullally Show | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Stranger Than Fiction | Harold Crick | 2006-09-09 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Series | Curious George | Unknown | 2006-09-04 |
Movie | Kicking & Screaming | Phil Weston | 2005-05-13 |
Series | The Office | Unknown | 2005-03-24 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon | 2005-01-25 | |
Movie | Bewitched | Jack Wyatt | 2005-06-21 |
Movie | Wedding Crashers | Chazz Reinhold (uncredited) | 2005-07-13 |
Movie | The Producers | Franz Liebkind | 2005-12-25 |
Series | The Reichen Show | 2005-11-11 | |
Movie | Earth to America | George W. Bush | 2005-11-20 |
Movie | The Wendell Baker Story | Dave | 2005-08-03 |
Movie | Starsky & Hutch | Big Earl (uncredited) | 2004-03-05 |
Series | Best Week Ever | Unknown | 2004-01-23 |
Movie | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Ron Burgundy | 2004-06-28 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2 | 2004-09-07 | |
Movie | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie | Ron Burgundy | 2004-12-28 |
Movie | Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party | Self | 2004-11-17 |
Movie | Melinda and Melinda | Hobie | 2004-10-29 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Old School | Frank | 2003-02-21 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan | Himself | 2003-09-07 |
Movie | Elf | Buddy | 2003-10-09 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2002-05-05 |
Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
Movie | Boat Trip | Michael, Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited) | 2002-10-01 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Unknown | 2002-06-08 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell | Himself / Various Characters (archive footage) | 2002-09-28 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon | Self | 2001-04-15 |
Movie | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly | 2001-08-22 |
Series | The Oblongs | Bob Oblong (voice) | 2001-04-01 |
Series | The Guardian | Unknown | 2001-09-25 |
Movie | The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 |
Movie | Zoolander | Jacobim Mugatu | 2001-09-28 |
Movie | The Ladies Man | Lance DeLune | 2000-10-13 |
Movie | Drowning Mona | Cubby | 2000-03-03 |
Series | Strangers with Candy | Unknown | 1999-04-07 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Mustafa | 1999-06-08 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Unknown | 1999-03-30 |
Movie | Superstar | Sky Corrigan / Jesus | 1999-10-08 |
Movie | Girl, Interrupted | John Davis | 1999-12-21 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | The Suburbans | Gil | 1999-10-29 |
Movie | Dick | Bob Woodward | 1999-08-04 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Self / Nancy Reagan / Various Characters | 1998-01-01 |
Series | Hercules | Geryon | 1998-08-31 |
Series | TRL | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
Movie | A Night at the Roxbury | Steve Butabi | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | The Thin Pink Line | Darren Clark | 1998-10-07 |
Movie | Men Seeking Women | Al | 1997-03-08 |
Movie | Liar Liar | Jeff (Party Guest) | 1997-03-21 |
Movie | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Mustafa | 1997-05-02 |
Series | Cow and Chicken | Unknown | 1997-09-16 |
Movie | Criminal Hearts | Newscaster (uncredited) | 1996-02-15 |
Movie | Kingpin | screaming during finale (voice) | 1996-07-04 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | A Bucket of Blood | 1995-09-12 | |
Series | On Our Own | Construction Worker | 1994-09-13 |
Movie | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Man chasing Lawnmower [cameo] | 1994-03-18 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |